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unpalatable

[uhn-pal-uh-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈpæl ə tə bəl /




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"But who can be the candidate? If it's Melenchon, they will probably lose," he said, adding too many people find him unpalatable.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Facing soaring memory-chip prices, the world’s biggest electronics companies are staring at a list of unpalatable responses: charging consumers more, eating the costs or rejiggering product specs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

This is one of those discussions we’d expect to naturally dissipate on its own once it becomes clear how unpalatable all of the options are.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2026

Kate Smith, head of pensions at pension firm Aegon, urged the Commission to make "bold, brave and possibly unpalatable recommendations", including "significant increases" to auto-enrolment contributions after 2029.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Leaving aside species with small or unpalatable seeds, they picked out 23 of the most palatable and largest-seeded wild grasses.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond